How to Start a Cacao Farm
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- Опубліковано 27 сер 2020
- Want to start your own farm but don't know where to start?
Well we've got you covered because we're here to share to you the things we did when we were just starting out in cacao farming. What are the factors to consider when choosing your location? Where do you get cacao seedlings?
Also in this video, we'll share some tips based on our own experience of the things that we did right and the things we could have done better.
Questions? Comments?
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I have around 10 cacao tress in my small farm and all your videos are very informative. We have been making our own tableyas for 6 yrs - for home consumption and gifts to neybors and friends. Thank you for all these very useful information.❤️
Love this! Thanks for sharing. Yes continue to spread love and chocolates 😉🍫🇵🇭
Great Video for beginer like me. Actually I am professional teacher in school for Robotics lesson. Now I am old enough ( 74 ) and step into plantations. My first plantions are Fruits and vegetables such as Banana Cabbage and Chillie. I have zero knowledge of my time passing job. Viewing in UA-cam videos mostly from Philippines expart and farmers uploaded. Especially Banana platations so now I do well with my small farm. Fortunately because of my success story my friend from our church council gave me her Cacao farm newly planted but not yet complete. Actually their family main business was rice mills and many others so no man power to take care of Cacao farm. That's why I can get it. As per this video teaching me, I am dare to take responsibility to get green and having good quality fruits.
Thank you so much for original uploader for this Cacao lesson. I am sure will come with my questions or query for my new farm.
Advance wishing you all "" Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2021 "". May God Bless all of you. This is Harry from Chiang Rai - Thailand.
Hi Harry from Thailand 😊 thank you for your message and for watching our videos. We truly appreciate your comments.
We will try our best to put out more videos so more can learn🥰
In the meantime good luck on your cacao journey 🍫❤️
Thank you for creating this video. Very helpful and informative.
Well presented and easy to understand. Thank you so much
You’re welcome ☺️
Just subscribed!
Clear, direct , informative!
Thank you po!
Thank you maam Mellany 🥰
Salamat sa inspirasyon. Hope makabiki ng seedlings po.
Glad I found this video! Thank you! Currently we are in a very small tablea-making business. Excited for possibilities.
Best of luck!
Your explanation is very clear and good. You gave me encouragements...
Thanks for watching our videos and supporting the channel 😊
dude, you are going to have a wonderful year this year!
Thank you 😊 we wish you a wonderful year as well 🥰
I have been tracking cacao futures prices over the last year and they recently went from $3000 USD per Ton to $10,000 USD per ton. Do you see this price increase in your local market?
Great presentation… very informative
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you so much for the video. My family has roughly 32 acres in Central America, Honduras close to its largest lake. I’m really interested in learning about possibly growing Cacao. But I have ZERO agricultural experience. Do you have any books or resources you recommend??
just subscribed! thanks for this very insightful channel!! i'm learning so much!!!
Thanks for watching and supporting our channel 🥰🍫🇵🇭
Thank you Sir. Ganda ng explanations.
Salamat and thank you sa pag support sa channel
Sir, thank you for sharing. Well explained.
Glad it was helpful! Thank you for watching the video and supporting our channel😍
Excellent video and very informative for individuals like me who want to try out cacao farming. Subscribed! 🙂 keep it up 👍
Thank you sir Jose. We appreciate the support and your feedback. 🍫🇵🇭🥰
Thank you very much sir Ken! This is very informative. We are planning to get started also with cacao agribusiness, you have provided very useful information. Cheers for sharing!
Thanks joey for supporting the channel. Good luck on your cacao adventure 🍫😊
I like it. I want to learn more about planting a cacao.
Thank you so.much you are an inspiration. Will plant cacao in our farm. This is great. Liked and subbed.
Thanks for the support sir🥰
Thanks sir for educating cacao farming.
You’re welcome Audrey🥰
New subscriber here, kka harvest lng namin ng mga cacao, 5 trees lng meron kami pero ang damu ng mga bunga, its really inspiring to see this video, may potential pla
Thank you Honey for watching our videos and commenting. We truly appreciate the support ninyo dito sa UA-cam channel namin. I think lahat po may potential it is what we do with this potential that is more exciting for us.
We are happy to hear maraming bunga ang cacao ninyo maam. Good Luck sa inyong Cacao journey.
Thank you so much for this video! This is very helpful. We are planning to start a cacao farm. May I know if you are selling cacao seedlings? If so, where is the exact location, what is the variety, how old and how much is the seedling? Thank you!
Thank you for the information. We plan to plant cacao in La Union. I just subscribed.
Thank you. Good luck on your journey
Thank you very much, very informative pls continue to make videos
Thank you Lilibeth for the wonderful feedback 🥰 We will try our best to make more informative videos about cacao and chocolate 🍫
Very good advice thanks
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching and supporting our channel!
Nice po best daming tanim cacao informative din po
thank you maam
Very informative video! Can't wait to be back in Davao. A cacao farmer and processor here form Tuguegarao
Thanks Mark Anthony for watching our videos and supporting the channel. Good luck po sa atin mga cacao farmers. 😍
wow san ang farm mo sa tugue sir.. taga balzain lang ako.. :-)
@@jeifcanapi3069 Backyard lang po sa Gosi Sur Dun na rin ako nag proprocess :)
thanks po..very informative..from Davao city din po ako
Hi Georgy, thanks for watching and supporting our channel. Madayaw Davao Life is Here haha. Daghang salamat sa suporta. 😍😍🍫
I love your presentation.... Nice video.. Nigerian interested in starting a cocoa farm
Thank you Sean
Watching from Cameroon,soon to go in cacao farming
Amazing! Good Luck on your cacao journey!
Thanks for watching and supporting the channel Teghen.
Sobrang nakakainspire Po tlga kayo. Kami Rin Ng husband ko gusto magstart Ng cacao farming from bean to bar. Any tips saan pwede mag seminar? From north kmi, sa La Union. :)
this is my Dream Business 🥰
Good luck on your cacao journey
Thank you for your insight. can you shipout your variety to Bohol?
Great info. Well done!
Thank you for the feedback ❤️ and appreciate you watching the videos and supporting the channel.🇵🇭🍫
very informative...thanks for sharing.
You’re welcome. Thanks for watching and supporting the channel
Very much important information
Thanks Patrick for watching our videos and supporting the channel
What a great video! I just would like to ask you a question if the cocoa can be planted in rubber farm?
Do you mean intercrop in an already existing rubber plantation? I think the tall rubber trees and planting distance in a rubber plantation is not necessarily conducive condition for Cacao Trees to prosper.
This is just our opinion. You can do further research on this. Good luck on your cacao journey
Hello 👋 we have a few cacao trees, im wondering if we can still prune this time of the year, it just started to rain
Hi! Thank you for creating this video, we found it very informative. My husband and are thinking about starting a Cacao business out there back home. We have been looking for land to buy BUT we're not quite too sure where would be the best place. I know you mentioned Davao but do you have any suggestions out in Luzon? Preferably within the Calabarzon region, but any suggestion would be greatly appreciated.
Also I messaged your shop in FB for any direct email where I could reach you. It would be great if you would be able to connect with us. Thanks!
Can you share when to so pruning or how often it is done and the proper procedure?
Hi guys!! What a great video! I would love to learn more about seedlings, grafted vs ungrafted. Where I am seedlings are mostly grown from seed. I don't know if there are measures that can be taken early on in the growing phase to ensure a hardy tree.
Hey there Nat! We are pleasantly surprised to hear from you around these parts of the internet hahaha. We appreciate you taking the time to watch our video. We will probably do a more in depth video on grafted vs ungrafted seedlings but here's the lowdown on seedlings.
The basic objective is to have the best cacao seedlings to be planted in your farm / area.
Using Darwin's Natural selection theory we want to have the cacao seedlings with the best chance to survive and be productive for a very long time.
Tips on Seedlings
1. Use a large seedling bag 7x12 to allow the roots to grow and spread out comfortably during the growing period (3-6months). Smaller seedling bags is used by some nursery operators to save on space/cost but will cause roots go round and round the longer it is in the bag. This seedling will not be good in the field when planted. cacao tree roots grows downwards and spreads out, larger seedling bags allows room for roots to spread out and grow during this early phase.
2. Use large cacao seed/bean variety for seedlings. In our area we typically use UF18 variety cacao seeds as the root stock. This variety is known to have larger size seeds so we are improving our chances for a better root stock compared to using smaller size seeds.
3. Culling - You will probably have to do this 3-4 times throughout the duration of the 6month growing stage. This is definitely the Quality Control -the survival of the fittest mode- before you even plant in the field. This step allows you to pick out seedlings that are underperforming, because these are the seedlings that you definitely do not want to have on the field. Be the coach and put in the best players on the field hahaha. cull before grafting and cull before allowing them to be planted in the field.
4. Grafting allows us to cultivate certain varieties that we want. Make sure that scions used for grafting is from high performing /producing mother cacao tree. The seedling takes on not only the variety characteristics but also the production characteristics of the mother tree (higher chance). Grafted seedlings is marketed here as faster growing and quicker to bear fruit but this not 100% factual. Soil quality and farm management plays are larger role on this compared to just having a seedling grafted. Grafting (from high yield mother trees) improves the chances of the seedlings to take on those similar qualities.
Grafting typically happens on the 3rd month.
Grafted seedlings allows the luxury of having to select varieties that we want and increases the probability of having high yielding trees. The tips above are just some ideas on how to improve the probabilities in our favor before planting them in the field.
Hopefully these has increased our chances in planting the best ones on the field.
@@cacaocultureph thank you so much for taking the time to respond and so in depth. This is a jumping off point for me to do more research. Looking forward to seeing a video on this subject!
Kakasimula ko lang magtanim taga Nueva Vizcaya po thanks po very informative po salamat
Thank you maam Janice for supporting the channel 😊 good luck sa inyong pagtatanim
Thanks for the info
No problem 👍
Hello po! Plan ko po Sana mag planting adding Sana sa coffee farm namin. But I’m doing some research pa po. Saan po kayo ng bebenta ng mga seeds nyo ? No idea pa po kasi. Sa coffee naman po nestle po ang buyer namin. How about sa cacao po?
Great video !!
Thank you for watching our videos and supporting the channel 🍫😊🇵🇭
Thanks alot brother
No worries
Thanks for your time, please here in Nigeria did your cacao it's is different from your's
hi ken, would you have a cost & return production estimate per hectare (assuming 1100 trees) for both the farm production and table making? appreciating your reply.
Did you ever figured this out? Im interested too. Whats the cost and profit breakdown for 1 hectare or cacao trees
Tanks for sharing..
You’re welcome 😊 we appreciate your support of the channel
Thank you sir
You’re welcome ☺️
Thanks a lot
You’re welcome
Thank you for sharing some info about cacao farming, one of my dreams for my retirement to venture in farming so now I do some research... stay bless and God bless
Thank you for watching our videos Patty. We truly appreciate the support and the love. God bless and good luck on your cacao journey 🥰🍫
Great video! Very informative.
Glad it was helpful!😍
@@cacaocultureph I am fascinated with all the scientific information you presented in this video and other related videos. They are well researched. Thanks for sharing you knowledge.
By the way, i just found your channel. I am a new subscriber.
Keep up the good work!
Thank you Tess for supporting the channel 🥰
Please make a video on the difference between the cacao seedlings plant and cacao grafted plant ,which one is better?
Will make one soon. But to answer your question. Grafted is better
very very informative and to the point . iam really impressed . god bless you all. dipak
Thank you for supporting the channel 😍
Very informative video, thanks. How many of these 1000 seedlings per ha usually grows to harvest process ?
Hi thanks for watching the videos and supporting the channel. If the farm is maintained properly i would say around 95% but you can always improve and replace the unproductive trees
@@cacaocultureph thanks for answering )
@@user-oc5dk6pk2h You are welcome
Hi. Thanks for the great video. Does papaya tree grow well with cacao tree?
As an intercrop strategy i think that’s ok in the beginning however once the cacao trees grow the canopy would cover the papaya trees.
We did banana intercropping early on and now our banana production is now limited to the perimeter of our farm
Good day, sir!
Is cacao better grown in an upland soil? If so, why?
I'm looking at making an undergrad thesis about land suitability for cacao here in Bulacan and your response will be of great help for my study. Thank you, sir! More power!
Mid land around 600m-800m above sea level is ideal. higher than that you may see decline in productivity. These are based on research done by scientists
New subscriber here. Gusto ko po mag start ng cacao farm .im.in negros at wlang idea tungkol sa pagstart ng cacao and where to have seeds to grow..
Hi po, saan po ba makakakuha ng seedling po dito sa mindanao, specifically in Cagayan de oro or near in misamis oriental? Thanks po, God Bless🙏
i have found some old cacao around Lipa and wanted to plant ONLY these old varieties, would it be possible? and i dont have any intention to plant other than these native cacao around here from seeds, thank you so much
Yes it’s possible
Hy guys, we are cacao farmers and at the beginning the yield was good, but then due to increasing rain intensity, the result has been really bad, like the fruit will turn black before it can be harvested, any tips on dealing this?
Good Day Sir, I am a 3rd year BS in Agriculture student of VSU major in Horticulture specializing plantation and I am planning to have a thesis study of cacao seedlings however I am struggling of finding a thesis problem about cacao seedlings, thus, I would like to ask sir what are the problems you have encountered of growing cacao seedlings?
Hi Carol, thank you so much for watching our videos and for commenting on our channel. I think there should be a standardization of cacao seedling cultivation process that would lead to optimum seedlings to be planted on the field. Like how big seedlings bags are, the height of the seedling trunk before grafting (measurements). How to identify weak seedlings for culling. Most of what I am sharing here are protocols based because farmers tend to plant everything kasi "sayang" which will lead to lower farm yield kasi pangit pala ang seedlings that they were growing.
I don't know if the answer helped you in your quest for a thesis topic but for us I would appreciate how horticulture scientific approach can be simplified to communicate to the common farmer on how to cultivate better seedlings.
Very good...
Thanks watching our video and supporting our channel.😍🍫
Very good.please provide video on grafted and purely seed propagated cocoa.
Thanx
Thanks Alex for watching our videos. We will make more videos and some about propagated cacao soon.
Happy Holidays.
Is the earthworms soil is good for the cocoa plants? Can we use plant food to get a higher quality cocoa plant?
If you have vermicast sure.
Sir, please tell me, Which is better more the grafted or seedling...?
Grafted is better sir. Hope that helps
hi ken, how hard to market the cacao? I was inspired by youre video but hesitant on how to sell it in bulk with in Mindanao area
Hi Archie thanks for your question. Marami parin po nag hahanap ng qualified beans in bulk domestically. You just need to tap the right groups ☺️
Great video. You are very generious with your knowledge I am curious if the farm needs to be very large to be productive financially. My wife is from Davao and I think it might be an intersting opportunity for me if I ever decide to emigrate
Thanks for watching our videos and supporting the channel. While we may want certain crops to plant, the size, location and condition of the farm may dictate otherwise. This means that depending on the factors you may need to adjust for which crop may best suit your small area.
However, success is never guaranteed in agriculture, nor in any other business. Size of the farm is not a guarantee that you will be a success.
Where do you sell the beans? Do you process the beans at all?
We occasionally sell some of our beans but more often we us them up to produce our tablea and other products
Hi sir!! Thanks for this very informative vlog.. dreaming of having cacao farm.. i have 3 hectares coconut plantation and planning of planting cacao.. can you help me how to avail of your seedlings? I'm from luzon area.. Albay province..
Is it advisable to plant cacao trees in between coconut trees because here in our area, coconut is the major product and is very abundant. Looking forward for your response sir. Thank you in advance
Yes, absolutely. There are programs that pushes for intercropping of coconut and cacao trees!
Good day sir
Is it possible to grow cacao trees in South Africa , it is quite hot here and I honestly just want to grow some
Thank you for the good and informative video
Hi Jonathan, thank you for watching our videos and commenting on the channel. We truly appreciate it! For your question, I am not sure if there are specific locations in South Africa that can grow cacao but I am sure that it would be possible. There might already be certain farming practices or technologies that can address the heat in your area maybe like drip irrigation in the farm might work.
I hope that we were able to answer your question. Good luck on your cacao journey
Am interested in Cacao as intercrop with coconut. Grafted cacao is not avalable in our or nearby are. I plan to get cacao beans ftom a reliable souce . Willyou guys let me know if and when I can get hold of some 3_5k beans, how much anf what cariety please. Would therd bd no problem wiyh quarantine requiremrnts?
Can you give any tips on what I can do to improve the yields of my trees? Even if I hand pollinate them I can only seem to have 1 or 2 pods on a tree at a time. They either turn yellow and then shrivel and turn black when they're small or they turn red and then black. The trees look healthy. I think maybe I should prune them differently or do something with fertilizer or something. Any tips would be greatly appreciated!
Hi Thank you so much for watching our videos and supporting the channel. I am not too familiar with hand pollinating cacao so I will not comment on this.
But I suggest to check the soil first. HAve the soil analyzed so you will find out what nutrients are there and not there. This will help you determine what kind of fertilizer you'll need because of the data you have from the soil analysis.
Hope our advice helps - Good luck on your cacao journey.
@@cacaocultureph Thank you! What kind of place can analyze the soil and what am I looking to find or not find in it?
Also, should the cocoa tree have a single main tree or is it ok if it has another growth come up from the ground that acts like a secondary tree? In some of mine that grew at an angle another shoot formed that is growing straight up. Should I leave or remove this?
Is your farm based in the Philippines? Which area? There’s unit under the department of agriculture in charge of soil analysis 🧐 you can check with the local office in your area.
You need to research more about how to properly prune the trees. Letting it grow out of control will be more difficult later on especially when you need to harvest.
@@maxpowers3732 Yes, you should cut it. that's part of proper cacao tree pruning techniques
@@cacaocultureph Actually I'm in S Florida and don't have a farm as much as just 7 trees, but I'm thinking of buying more or trying air layering. I am trying to research how to properly prune the trees, but most websites talk about how important it is without giving concrete instructions.
Hi Po, I want to the nursery of the cacao plant. Can u advise, in what best possible ways it can be done. and also after what plant age of nursery it is ideal to transplant it to field before rainy season
Hi Kapil, Thank you for watching our videos and commenting on our channel. We have not recorded a video yet on nursery operations yet but hopefully we can and share a lot more in detail how we did it before.
For transplanting cacao seedlings on the field starting 6months
I hope that this helps you in your cacao journey! Good Luck
Good day po Sir, naakoy Palm oil tree mga 2012 sya natanom. Ask kolang kung pwedi ba sya ma intercrop sa cacao. ang distance every palm tree 9x9m. Salamat.
Hi Ayj, thanks for watching the videos and also supporting our channel. So technically, pwede naman BUT I advise Do Not Do IT.
Over shading from the palm oil tree will render your cacao useless. It will live pag tinanim mo sa area but will have stunted growth and also baka di mamunga or if mamunga konti lang.
I have visited a farm ng palm oil na nakapag try to intercrop of cacao and sayang lang po ang effort. I am not familiar what other crops that can thrive with palm oil but I hope you find the right one and do well with it.
Thank you for you for your question Ayj. Good Luck po
hi Po, where to buy cacao seedlings Po?
More information on fermenting and drying process
sir good day can i ask if ever pde e intercrop ang cacao sa falcata, our falcata trees are already 8years old na po.
Hi Sir Rex, thank you for watching our videos and supporting our channel. Technically po pwede, however baka overshaded naman ang area and it might not be good for newly planted cacao seedlings. Also if the objective of having falcata is also to cut it down someday, then eventually masisira lang ang cacao trees ninyo when the time comes to cut off the falcata trees.
I am not so sure what is the best course of action for intercrop with falcata, have you explored other crops or trees outside of cacao?
How many years will bear fruit the grafted cacao?
And how many years will bear fruit the non grafted cacao?
Good day. you're location please. For now what's the best cacao varieties that are resistance to diseases and that more yields
Great info. Question, why you put plastic bags around the cacao pods?
Common practice around here is put plastic covering to protect the Cacao Pods from pod borers (pest). It is one practice that is not eco-friendly and personally we are looking at possible working alternatives for our farm.
Cacao Culture oh okay! Here at Costs Rica we have a fungus (Monilia) that kills a lot of cacao, is that the same pest over there? You can try with a bio degradable plastic to be more eco friendly.
Joel Gaggstatter it not the same. Pod borers are insect that goes into the cacao pod fruit and lays its eggs inside destroying the fruit and multiplies and infest the farm😭
Sir we are planning to have a cacao farm production here in Iloilo. Do you have recommended supplier here in the area, Region 6 Sir?...
Good day sir nice explaination sir makatulong talaga sa mga gstong magcacao farming.. Tanong ko lng po sir.. Ilang distance cacao mag intercrop sa banana.. Sana po masagit nyo.. Im planning to planting cacao and banana.. Tnks
Standard distancing is 3x3 for cacao and you can plant banana in between. However there will come a time when the cacao trees have grown and it will be hard for bananas to grow.
Take this into account. Banana will earn during the early years then transition to cacao.
Interesting, how can I know or select good seed from a pot of cacao
Good seeds for planting you need to start with cacao variety with big seeds as your root stock. Then you let it grow and select those seedlings that grew poorly and take them out of the lot (this process is called culling) , leaving only the best growing seedlings to be planted on your farm.
Usually people don’t want to waste the seedlings they planted that’s why they want to plant all of it in the farm (even the bad ones) so they end up with poor growing trees
Hello sir. Naglagay po ba kayo ng fronds sa cacao nyo during the first year?
Thanks Camille for asking this question. Placing fronds around the newly planted cacao seedlings are typically done to provide shade and offer certain type of protection. You will usually see this implemented sa area na clear pa and wala pa ibang tanim.
In our cacao farm we did not implemented this because we planted bananas before planting the cacao seedlings, so the banana served the purpose of providing shade.
I hope we were to answer your question 😊
Thanks for the support! Good Luck on your Cacao Journey
thanks for the video sir, can you recommend a seminar to start cacao farming in Bukidnon?
Hi Chester, thanks for watching the video and supporting the channel. for trainings in bukidnon I do not have an exact idea who does trainings there but definitely try to get in touch with your local DA office or DTI office to check. Good luck on your cacao journey
very informative. could i know how much was your initial investment for a three ha cacao farm? can you give us idea about the financial aspect of your cacao farm. start up costs.
Hi thank you for watching our videos. We personally refrain from sharing detailed numbers because we know that not all factors will be the same for everyone. We might do a video on our own breakdown but i'll have to dig on our records from 2017.
But I am fairly certain that a good guide/estimate of cost would be 300-500 pesos per tree for initial startup cost. (1 hectare 1,100 trees). I hope that this answer has helped you. Good luck on your cacao journey.
Sir, are you selling grafted cacao, or where did you buy your seedlings? Thanks.
Hi Aureliano, thank you for watching our video and commenting and asking us questions.
For this question. We started out as a cacao seedling nursery operator in 2016. We sold it to other farmers as well as used our own seedlings sa farm. We stopped our seedlings operations in 2019 to focus on the farm and our products.
@@cacaocultureph Thanks.
Hello good sir, just watched your video and It was very informative I have a question for you.
I'm from Egypt and soon I'm going to just plant a cacao seedling because I wanna try it myself is there's any tips you can give for a beginner?
Hi Marmartota, thank you for watching and subscribing to the channel. first thing is I am not familiar with the weather in Egypt if it will be suitable for cacao. Maybe you can research on that first because the environment where cacao will grow is very important.
@@cacaoculturephhello again! I have a question that I’m interested in, is raw cacao bean can be planted?
Where can I buy fermented cacao here in the philppines
Hi! Thanks for sharing! Can you share at least how much to start a cacao farm? Like for example how much you spend when you start a cacao farm. I have no land and I really wanted to start a cacao farm. And is there an easier or cheaper way to start a cacao farm? Thanks!
Hi Uchiha, thanks for watching our videos and supporting the channel.
For your question it is very difficult to share a precise amount because there are a lot of variables in terms things that you need to consider and account for.
For us we are leasing the land at a low price for long term (15 years). If you own the farm land then that lowers your cost. If you plan to buy land then the figures will be vastly different.
Sourcing of planting materials ( cacao seedlings) in our area range would be 15-25 pesos per seedling - 1 hectare can have 1,100 seedlings planted in proper distancing so on the higher cost that 27,500 but you also need to consider transportation cost to your farm etc.
the best estimated investment is 300-500k range per hectare.
I hope that our answer was able to help you out. Good luck on your cacao journey
I'm interested in farming but I'm not able to do it . My farm location was in Laguna . I'm still interested in chocolate industry to do the processing .
You maybe know a good source of wholesalers cacao beans in Davao ?
Hi Ken, thank you so much for this video. I'm currently still a student in Malaysia and i'm very interested in wanting to have a cacao farm of my own later on. I'm currently trying to find source material for me to learn as much as i can on how i can get started. My immediate concern is what should i be investing in first. Should i be looking into getting farmland first or should i start with making a seedling nursery first. And as i have no experience whatsoever, I'm constantly trying to figure out whats the first step i need to do. As right now it seems like im jotting down and making notes of all these information but i do not know how i can actually start. Your guidance is much appreciated.
Hi Razzan😊 thank you so much for watching and commenting on our videos. Happy to hear from you. We have chocolate maker friends in Malaysia and we would really like to visit your country soon😊
For your question, our advise would be continue studying the value chain for cacao in Malaysia. Like most things in real life agriculture business there is no better way to learn than through experience (yours or through others). Figure out the gaps and opportunities and focus your efforts there.
Apply or work with companies that are already in the value chain, learn the ropes.
To grow economies of scale in the Different aspects of the value you would require different kinds of resources and skills. For example if it is the farm level you would need vast amounts of land to grow cacao and that would require a lot of manpower etc.
Patience is key, especially at your age. Do not rush into quickly investing into it without fully understanding what you will get yourself into.
I hope that our advice would be able to help you in your journey. There is no clear cut steps 123 to get int the business. Entrepreneurs find look at problems, situations and find opportunities so our advice is think more think like an entrepreneur first and figure out the opportunity 🍫 good luck and your cacao journey Razzan
Thanks for sharing sir informative, balak kopo magtanim. Taga sultan kudarat po ako at tanong ko sana magkano bilhin ang isang puno
Hi thank you po sa pag support sa channel. Seedlings price vary depending on location and quality . Sa Davao City 15-25 php dahil medyo marami na po available. Sa ibang lugar baka mas mahal dahil konti lang nursery ng cacao sa area
I live in Africa, I was wondering if you do exports Cocoa seed nursing?
Hi emma. So sorry we do not do seedlings anymore. We focus now on making chocolates
With regards to marketing cacao beans, are the farmers assured of stable market price with good returns, or the price fluctuates, how does government agencies or NGOs assist the farmers competitiveness. Are there cooperatives or processing plants to enhance pricing of raw beans? I'm thinking to invest on cacao farming but needs some assurance. Thank you.
Hi Alex, cacao is a commodity so it is subject to price fluctuations and changes. There are no assurances in the business. There are different NGOs and cooperatives that helps level the prices but ultimately it does depend on market forces. Location also plays a factor in terms of price.
I think in any business there are no assurances.
how much yung grafted seedli gs nyo po?
Hi. I am interested to start farming. How can I get access to seminars?
How long it takes for a Cocoa to germinate?